“But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of . . . . Continue Reading »
While we’re making parallels between evangelicals and Catholics , why not do the same for evangelical and Orthodox thought (as represented in First Things )? Here is David Hart on the God helmet (which only subscribers will have had the pleasure of reading). Now, in fact, there really would . . . . Continue Reading »
Kelby Carlson, writing at Alastair’s Adversaria , proposes a richer theological model of disability as he brings his experience as a disabled person “into dialogue with two important concepts: the evangelical doctrines of vocation and the theology of the cross.” In doing so he . . . . Continue Reading »
While I am glancing at the Wall Street Journal , as I did in my last post just below, there was a piece of some passing interest on the congressional politics of gun control in yesterday’s issue. The author was Rep. Mike Thompson of California’s Fifth District, who described . . . . Continue Reading »
Joe Carter on the Pentagon’s removing the ban on women in combat : In response to the news I won’t offer an argument, only a lament. The arguments against allowing women in combat have for decades been made with force and vigor, but to no avail. Because the rational commonsense of the . . . . Continue Reading »
An easy target, I admit, but also irresistable: a clerical fashion show in which English clerics of various denominations walk the catwalk wearing chasables, capes, clergy shirts, and clergy skirts (short). The Daily Mail writer calls the vestments “cutting-edge,” but . . . . Continue Reading »
In addition to Joe Carter’s lament this morning on the subject of women in combat, see (if you can, it’s behind a paywall) this piece by Iraq war veteran Ryan Smith in today’s Wall Street Journal . His description of modern combat’s reality—-that the ancient . . . . Continue Reading »
1. So I agree with the comment in the thread that “we Straussians” are overdoing our texual analysis of our President’s Second Inaugural. Maybe we even do the same thing with President Lincoln’s (although it was much better and actually beautiful). SOME of us did the same . . . . Continue Reading »
Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as Vocation Paul D. Miller, Schaeffer’s Ghost How Politics Infected Sports Marc Tracy, The Book Whom Are We Friends with and Why? Hannah Jung, Dartmouth Apologia Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm Leah Libresco, Fare Forward Lutheran Ordinariate Coming? . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a classic case of local interests pitted against national administrative despots: some Irish locals want to moderate the drunk driving laws, because the practical effect they have is to keep older rural citizens isolated in their homes at night, killing the pubs. Losing one’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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